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if You've Ever Considered Foster Care? Join Our Foster Parent Orientation

Posted by Janine Porter on Monday, April 25, 2022, In : Why Foster? 
If you have ever thought about opening your home to a child in need of love, attention, and care, then join the staff at Georgia Hope Inc.
We will talk about the steps you need to become a foster parent. Register here.



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Will Christmas be Cancelled? Georgia Hope Inc. Needs Your Help

Posted by Janine Porter on Monday, December 10, 2018, In : Fundraiser 
Every year Georgia Hope sponsors a Holiday- Christmas Gala for our foster familes and this year may prove the exception.  This year, without your support, we will be unable to sponsor the event.  

Our Holiday Gala is a time for joy for foster families. They get a chance to dress up witha  promise of food and fun.  This becomes all the more important when our children are dealing with the struggle of knowing that they are not with their biological families. For our foster parents, some who don'...
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Our 2018 Summer Newsletter is Here!

Posted by Janine Porter on Thursday, June 28, 2018, In : Georgia Hope Newsletter 
The Georgia Hope Inc. family wishes you and yours a safe and enjoyable summer.  We have lots of great news to share from new families we created, our childrens's successes and recognition from our governor on our sucess as a foster care and adoption agency in Georgia! 

Make siure you sign up  for the latest news from Georgia Hope, Inc.and like us on Facebook for more Foster Care and Adoption News! 

For a full copy of our newsletter, click here!


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Letter from Our Assistant Director

Posted by C. Thomas, Assistant Director on Thursday, June 28, 2018, In : Georgia Hope Newsletter 
Hello Parents, 

Fostering can be a challenging job. It is extremely important that you only accept children that are geared towards your specific skill set. If additional training of any kind is needed to help ensure that the safety well-being and permanency needs of children placed in your home are met, please let us know. We want to supply each of you with the necessary tools to de-escalate any behavior and regain control of any situation. You all are doing a fantastic job caring for our chi...

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OUR PBP Scores Are In...and We Received an "A"

Posted by Georgia Hope, Inc. on Friday, February 9, 2018, In : Georgia Hope Inc. News 
Each quarter the state of Georgia's Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Family and Children  Office of Provider Managements requires agencies like ours to share their foster care data with them and then issues a grade based of this performance. This grade is the Performance Based Procedures (PBP) grade. It is a report card that rates agencies on how well they perform in certain areas, for example, well being, permanency of children in care (ensuring little to no disruptions), how ...

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Why Did I Foster?

Posted by Janine Porter on Friday, November 3, 2017, In : Why Foster? 
Over the years so many people have asked me, "Why did I decide to foster and why so many children? I received comments like, “I couldn’t do that”, “What about your own children?”, “What about your quality of life?”

My response has always been the same. I shrug my shoulders and say “Why not?  I have the means to provide for another child, why wouldn’t I? Every child needs a home and every child needs a family and positive experiences”.

Let’s take a look at this a little clo...

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